Composed when Middle Counsellor Ienari had gone to Sumiyoshi and they were composing poems.
神世よりつもりのうらにみやゐしてへぬらんとしのかぎりしらずも
| kamiyo yori tsumori no ura ni miya’ishite henuran toshi no kagiri shirazu mo | Since the Age of Gods At the Bay of Tsumori Has there been a shrine; The years it will endure Know no bounds at all! |
Major Counsellor Takasue
Topic unknown.
世中はとてもかくてもおなじことみやもわら屋もはてしなければ
| yo no naka wa tote mo kakute mo onaji koto miya mo waraya mo hateshinakereba | When of this mundane world, I think, all Is ever the same: for Palaces and straw-roofed huts, both, Will someday fall to ruin. |
Semimaru
An ancient estate at the beginning of spring.
朝がすみたてるをみればみづのえのよしのの宮に春はきにけり
| asagasumi tateru o mireba mizu no e no yoshino no miya ni haru wa kinikeri | When the morning haze Rising I do see By the water’s edge At the palace of Yoshino Spring has come! |
During the Chōgan Era, when His Majesty enquired when the Man’yōshū was created, he composed this and presented it.
神無月時雨ふりをけるならの葉の名におふ宮の古ごとぞこれ
| kaminaduki sigure Furiwokeru nara no Fa no na ni oFu miya no Furugoto zo kore |
In the Godless Month Drizzle falls upon The leaves of Nara oak! The palace bearing that name Produced these ancient words! |
Fun’ya no Arisue
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